# The Byronian-Ampharia War; continued.
It is clear that the Ampharians are now on the backfoot, having organized a method of fighting their way out of Byronian borders and back to their own; which could be indicated to any unit by the blown and severed tracks between the two countries. The Ampharians seem avoidant of pitched battles; their confidence only built in fighting when it is clear there are more Ampharian men present at a site than Byronians; which despite the element of surprise usually occured during combat with Byronian light harassment and ambush forces. This was hard to determine on multiple occasions, and the Byronians did not seem willing to pursue them with larger units; preoccupied with their sappery and earthworks far beyond the Ampharian purview. The pace of fighting slowed a LOT, as both sides put their assets to use more conservatively.
The outpost by the lake has strangely long-since been abandoned and gone relatively quiet, with only the noise of defensive restoration and the Tarantulas making themselves at home here to be heard, and the deployment of an increasing number of men to defend. Reports come in from much smaller nearby settlements that Byronian gunboats constantly annoy and relentlessly attack them; causing some Ampharian families to temporary move away from the area. It is unclear whether Ampharian forces at the lake at home have truly fled elsewhere, or are staging something from the deep jungle.
Casualty numbers are more even, caused less from combat and more-so from the conditions of such a nasty, dense and rural jungle. For the Ampharians, around ~2,000-3,000 folks; and for the Byronians, around 1,300-4,000. The fog of war in such a worthless, unpopulated area makes losses hard to count and confirm for sure.
Some politicians have suggested suing for peace as the lack of initiative anywhere becomes more evident.
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